Smart, Laura, M.D.

Specialties: Liver Transplant, Gastroenterology, Pancreas, Liver and Bile Duct Cancers

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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Accepted Insurance Plans

The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.

*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.

Medicare health insurance plans

Humana Medicare Advantage
Medicare - Fee For Service
Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
Shared Health Mississippi
United Healthcare (except DSNP)
Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
Wellcare - Medicare Advantage

Medicaid health plans

Mississippi Medicaid
MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and United Healthcare

Dental plans

Always Care
Medicaid
MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan

Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans

Always Care - Dental & Vision
Avesis (Molina)
Aetna Health Management
Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
Cenpatico - Behavioral Health
Cigna PPO and Behavioral Health (excludes transplants)
Corvel Healthcare Corp
First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association - MPCN
Interlink Health Services - Transplant Services
LifeTrac - Transplant Services
Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) - Family Medicine Only
Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
Mississippi State Hospital
Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
North Mississippi Health Link
OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. - Transplant Services
OptumHealth VA CCN
PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
Tricare
United Healthcare - PPO Commercial, CHIP, MSCAN, Behavioral Health
Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, PPACA Plan and Medicare Advantage Plan
Veterans Administration

Education

Board Certification:	Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship:	The Ohio State University Medical Center
Fellowship:	University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Internship:	The Ohio State University Medical Center
Medical Education:	University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Residency:	The Ohio State University Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS 39216

10/2019 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Re-certification, ACLS and BLS	05/2023 - 05/2025
DEA	02/2026
Certification, Gastroenterology Certification	10/2014 - Present
Certification, Internal Medicine Certification	08/2010 - Present
Certification, Transplant Hepatology Certification	11/2016 - 11/2026
Licensure, Mississippi Medical License	10/2019 - 06/2025

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Chief Fellow of Academic Affairs (University of Louisville), University of Louisville	2013
Who’s Who University of Louisville SOM, University of Louisville	2007
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member, Phi Kappa Phi	2003
Woodcock Society member, Woodcock Society	2003
Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society member, Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society	2001
Golden Key International Honor Society member, Golden Key International Honor Society	2001